Gang team investigating non-fatal stabbing in Southeast Portland

Officers are at the scene of a stabbing in Southeast Portland that sent a young man to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Officers were called to KC's Minimart, located at 7474 S.E. 72nd Ave., at 6:21 p.m. after receiving a report of a juvenile male being stabbed in the back. The youth — whose exact age was not immediately available — said he was stabbed nearby, said Lt. Robert King, a Portland Police Bureau spokesman.

The victim was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, King said.

Investigators believe the stabbing is gang-related and are searching the area looking for a suspect, King said. No suspect description was immediately available.